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Thirukkural 1115

Chapter 112: நலம் புனைந்து உரைத்தல் (The Praise of her Beauty) · Love

Kural 1115

அனிச்சப்பூக் கால்களையாள் பெய்தாள் நுகப்பிற்கு
நல்ல படாஅ பறை.

Anichchappook Kaalkalaiyaal Peydhaal Nukappirku
Nalla Pataaa Parai

The flowers of the sensitive plant as a girdle around her she placed; The stems she forgot to nip off; they 'll weigh down the delicate waist

Meaning

No merry drums will be beaten for the (tender) waist of her who has adorned herself with the anicham without having removed its stem.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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